What is Emberex Raw?
One knob. One move. Sweep the floor out from under the crowd and slam it back for the drop: no menus, no automation lanes, no volume juggling. Emberex Raw is the free, one-knob taste of the full Emberex, built to be grabbed mid-set and pushed.
Emberex Raw sweeps your track down through a resonant low-pass filter: the same filter engine from the full Emberex. As you turn it, the cutoff drops, resonance rises into a scream, and a touch of drive adds grit: the classic DJ build/drop sweep. Resonance-energy compensation keeps the level matched, so the floor opens up with no volume jump.
Quick start
Get a result with Emberex Raw in under a minute.
- Insert it. Put Emberex Raw on the track or bus you want to change.
- Turn SWEEP up. Raise SWEEP until it sounds right.
- Compare. Bypass the plugin in your DAW to hear the difference.
The interface
Controls
Header
- 1Fire Head: click the flame logo to open the About panel: what the plugin is, who made it and the trademark notices. Click anywhere in the panel to close it.
The knob
- 2SWEEP: a single macro that drives the whole filter at once. At low settings the signal is clean and open. Push it and the cutoff sweeps down, resonance climbs, and drive bites: perfect for builds, drops, transitions, and live performance. It's front-loaded, so the first quarter is a gentle high-cut and the top is strong but musical. Resonance-energy compensation and a small output trim keep the level matched at every position, so your A/B comparison is honest.
Key specs*
| One knob, hidden parameters | SWEEP is the only host-automatable parameter; the engine's filter, resonance, drive, slope, mix and output controls are each wrapped as non-automatable so they never clutter your automation list, yet still save and restore with the plugin's state. |
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| Resonant state-variable filter | A TPT SVF maps the macro to a low-pass at a fixed 24 dB/oct slope, running two cascaded stages for the classic build/drop shape. |
| Oversampled drive | A 2x half-band polyphase oversampler runs unconditionally around the tanh drive stage with sample-accurate gain ramping, so pushing the sweep adds grit without zipper noise or aliasing. |
| Level held by physics, not auto-gain | Resonance-energy compensation (1/√(1+Q²)) keeps the resonant peak from blowing up the level, so the floor opens up without a volume jump. |
| Constant latency and safety | Latency is reported once from the always-on oversampler and never changes mid-stream; a DC blocker, an output soft clipper, a runaway-resonance panic mute, and a NaN/Inf sweep keep every knob position clean and safe. |
| Controls | One knob, SWEEP |
| Formats | macOS: AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX, Standalone. Windows: VST3, CLAP, Standalone |
* Key specs from the plugin page. Some specs may not be listed.
How do I use Emberex Raw on a track?
- Insert it. Put Emberex Raw on the track or bus you want to change.
- Turn SWEEP up. Raise SWEEP until it sounds right. At low settings the signal is clean and open. Push it and the cutoff sweeps down, resonance climbs, and drive bites: perfect for builds, drops, transitions, and live performance.
- Automate it. SWEEP is the only control your DAW can automate, so one automation lane covers it.
What about the full Emberex?
Love the sweep? The full Emberex goes deeper. The Pro version adds a bipolar LP/HP filter, bandpass with vowel morphing, LFO and envelope-follower modulation, key tracking, velocity linking, frequency lock with transport sync, and a full set of factory presets tuned for tech house. Every control is explained in the Emberex manual.
Keyboard and mouse shortcuts
These work in every Emberex Raw format (AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX, Standalone).
| Reset a control to its default | Double-click the knob or slider |
|---|---|
| Scroll to change a value | Hover over a knob and scroll the mouse wheel |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Emberex Raw free?
Yes. Emberex Raw is completely free: freeware, no trial, no nag screens, no expiration.
What does the SWEEP knob do?
SWEEP is a macro that drives the cutoff of a resonant low-pass filter down while raising resonance and drive: the classic DJ build/drop filter sweep. Resonance-energy compensation and a small output trim keep the level matched so the floor opens up with no volume jump.
How is Emberex Raw different from Emberex (Pro)?
Emberex Raw gives you the resonant filter sweep behind a single SWEEP knob, level-matched. The full Emberex adds a bipolar LP/HP filter, bandpass with vowel morphing, LFO and envelope-follower modulation, key tracking, velocity linking, frequency lock, and factory presets.
Does Emberex Raw run on Apple Silicon and Windows?
Yes. Emberex Raw is a Universal Binary that runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) and Intel Macs, and ships as a 64-bit build for Windows 10 and 11.
What formats does Emberex Raw come in?
Emberex Raw ships as AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX and a Standalone app on macOS, as a Universal Binary for Apple Silicon and Intel, plus VST3, CLAP and Standalone on Windows 10 and 11. AAX ships on macOS only. It runs in any AU, VST3, CLAP or AAX host, or on its own.
Can I automate Emberex Raw?
Yes: the single SWEEP macro is the only host-automatable parameter, which makes it perfect for build/drop automation. The underlying filter, resonance, and drive controls are hidden from your host's automation list, so all you ever automate is the one knob.
Where can I find more about Emberex Raw?
On the Emberex Raw page: its features, system requirements and how to get it.
How do I get and install Emberex Raw?
- Get it. Emberex Raw is free. Get it from the Emberex Raw page.
- Run the installer. On macOS, double-click the .pkg file and choose AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX or Standalone. On Windows, run the .exe installer and choose VST3, CLAP or Standalone.
- Open your DAW. Restart your DAW and rescan plugins if needed, then find Emberex Raw under Remi Blaze in your plugin list.
More about Emberex Raw, including its features and system requirements, is on the Emberex Raw page.
Where are the plugin files?
If you need to find Emberex Raw on disk, for example to troubleshoot or to uninstall it manually, these are the standard locations.
| macOS AU | ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/ |
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| macOS VST3 | ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/ |
| macOS CLAP | ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/CLAP/ |
| macOS AAX | /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/ |
| Windows VST3 | C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\ |
| Windows CLAP | C:\Program Files\Common Files\CLAP\ |
To uninstall, quit your DAW and delete the Emberex Raw file from the relevant folder. Your DAW will stop listing it on its next rescan.
Need help with Emberex Raw?
If something isn't covered here, or Emberex Raw doesn't behave as described, contact support or email support@remiblaze.com. To get an answer faster, include:
- your operating system and version (for example macOS 15.6 or Windows 11)
- your DAW and its version
- the format you're using (AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX or Standalone)
- the version you installed (shown in the installer and in your download), since the About panel of every Raw shows v1.0.0
- what you did, what you expected, and what happened instead
This manual is for Emberex Raw 1.0.1. Controls and settings can change between versions, so if something here doesn't match what you see, check the version shown in your installer or download. Spotted a mistake or have a question? Let us know.